Secrets of history 2024, October

Scientists in China recently made public a highly controversial document, most likely 1528

In his homeland, they still argue who Ned Kelly really was - a fighter against the injustice of the authorities or a cynical villain and murderer?

An invention such as a rocket is older than guns or guns. When gunpowder was invented in China, its main purpose was purely entertainment - rockets on the first powder were used to organize colorful pyrotechnic performances

The expulsion of the Nativity of Christ from Russia began in 1922. Anti-Christmas propaganda was based on the agitation of the broad masses who doubted the old traditions and values

Prophecy of St. Andrey The controversy over the personality of Kiy arose during the life of the compilers of the Tale of Bygone Years, this is recorded in the Tale itself, in other chronicles, incl. from foreign authors

A bullet found on the border between Jordan and Saudi Arabia confirmed the participation of Lawrence of Arabia in the raid on an Ottoman train in September 1917

Petroglyphs found in North America indicate that the ancient Chinese had contact with the Indians

The first taverns in Russia appeared in the late 1500s - early 1600s

There is a theory in scientific circles that the brain of a genius is significantly different from the brain of an ordinary person

Our story is just about one of these people - the guard of private Sergei Alyoshkov. However, for his colleagues, he was just a private Seryozhenka and he was only 6 years old when he received his first award

In the XV century. she was accused of witchcraft and heresy and burned at the stake, and at the beginning of the twentieth century. recognized as a saint and canonized. Jeanne d ' Ark - not only the national symbol of France, but also a constant subject of controversy

Scientists are studying an underground complex that was a site of mass pilgrimage during early Christianity. The transformation of water into wine during a wedding in Cana of Galilee is considered the first of the 11 miracles of Christ described in the New Testament

The events that will be discussed took place in the winter of 1943 - 44, when the Nazis made a brutal decision: to use the pupils of the Polotsk Orphanage No. 1 as donors. The wounded German soldiers needed blood, where to get it? In children

Of course, you've heard about how easy it was in the Middle Ages to go to the stake for witchcraft. Very often, this did not require performing any magical deeds at all. There were a lot of "signs" by which you could be recognized as a witch or a sorcerer

The large-scale "witch hunt" lasted for over two centuries. More than 100 lawsuits in Europe and America and at least 60 thousand victims

On an autumn day in 1324, Petronilla de Meath was publicly burned in the Irish city of Kilkenny. This execution culminated in the persecution by Richard Ledrede, Bishop of Ossori, of Lady Alice Kiteler - a wealthy lady whose servant was Petronilla

In 2014, Crimea was again part of Russia, having experienced another turning point in its history. It is no coincidence that the peninsula is called the "cauldron of peoples"; its fate has been full of drama since ancient times

How to protect yourself from witchcraft? How to give a shortcut to a secret witch, disguised as the best friend of his wife, who visited your house in order to send all kinds of misfortunes on you

The South Ural archaeological expedition discovered new fragments of rock art in the Ignatievskaya and Kapova caves located in the Chelyabinsk region and Bashkiria

The mound is not only the largest and earliest Scythian burial, but it may have preserved the mummies of the Scythian kings

On the outskirts of Rome, near the eastern bank of the Tiber River, there is a massive mound covered with bushes and small trees. At first glance, it may seem to you that this is an ordinary hill

They say that one in the field is not a warrior. However, numerous facts of the actions of our soldiers during the Great Patriotic War demonstrate the opposite. One of those who refuted this expression was the commander of the machine-gun crew Vyacheslav Ivanovich Chemodurov

There have been many rulers in the history of Russia, but not all of them can be called successful. Those who could, expanded the territory of the state, won wars, developed culture and production in the country, strengthened international ties

The Tyrons themselves called themselves differently, and this name was given to them by the Spaniards. The meaning of the word "Tyro" is "pouring metal", which, in fact, the Spaniards demanded from the Indians

The word gathering in Russia, familiar to a modern person, had a slightly different meaning. It spoke of a special custom when young unmarried boys or girls spent time together. Games such as blind man's buff and trickle went from there

One hundred and eighty-odd years ago, the last Great Geographical Discovery was made: a Russian expedition led by Mikhail Lazarev and Faddey Bellingshausen reached the shores of the latter - sixth, mainland

The most dangerous prisoner in the world lives, oddly enough, not in Russia

If we talk about the treasures in general, then at all times they were arranged in such a way that only dedicated people could find them. And it is naive to think that only secluded places were used for these purposes

The mystery of pracivilization in the distant past of the Earth … First of all, it will focus on astronomical knowledge, which the inhabitants of the ancient or medieval world could not get themselves, experimentally

XVIII century - an amazing time in Russian history. It contains both moments of the highest triumph of the young empire, and egregious cases of arbitrariness of the supreme power, acting against the interests of its own people and state

For a variety of reasons, the name of the inventor and futurologist Nikola Tesla is associated with state secrets, intrigue and almost mystical technological witchcraft

Ever since people abandoned natural exchange in favor of money, they have become the eternal companions of human civilization. Moreover, in all countries of the world, without exception, that the emission of funds is regulated by the state

Defense of the Brest Fortress - heroic 28-day defense of the Brest fortress by units of Soviet troops at the beginning of World War II, from June 22 to July 20, 1941

In 1944, on May 12, the Crimean operation ended in the course of which the Crimea was completely liberated from the fascist invaders. The plan of the Crimean operation by the Soviet military leadership began to be developed in March 1944

North War. The outcome of the war is ambiguous and assessed in different ways

Only in 1935-36 the last cells with blacks in zoos were eliminated in Europe - in Basel and Turin. Before that, white people willingly went to look at blacks in captivity (as well as Indians and Eskimos)

In the archive of the Fund in memory of the group of climbers who died on the pass of the Mountain of the Dead, headed by Igor Dyatlov, there are already 64 (

The history of the Russian people goes so deeply into the past that the past is covered with a fog of secrets and mysteries. One of the historical mysteries is the Proto-Slavic neurons. They will be discussed in this article

To fly! Since childhood, Charles was interested in technology, because the family car and motorcycle were always in a semi-disassembled state

February 12, 1947 70 years ago The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell in the Primorsky TerritorySikhote-Alin meteorite - the largest iron meteorite observed during the fall and related to the unique phenomena of nature. Its total mass - about 70 tons